Heating system.



B. E. GOLD. HEATING SYSTEM. APPLICATION FILED DEC. 1, 1910.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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EDWARD E. GOLD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HEATING SYSTEM.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

Application filed December 1, 1910. Serial No. 595,119.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDW'ARD E. GOLD, acitizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan,city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Heating Systems, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to heating systems and has for its object toprovide a rapid and economical generation and a quick distribution ofheat.

My invention will be found very desirable for use in heating surfacecars and steam cars although it is not limited to such use and may beadvantageously employed in many other localities, for instance in g..-rages and other places where it is desirable that the heater should beoutside the room or place to be heated and the radiator inside.

A practical embodiment of my invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings wherein,-

Figure 1 is an elevation thereof partly, in section. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section of the lower end of the heating pipes and casing, andof the burner, the latter being in full lines.

In the form illustrated, A represents the car floor and B a seat runninglengthwise of the car. Heating pipes C are arranged with their upperparts 0 substantially horizontal, but inclined slightly toward thecenter where they terminate in lower parts a which are here illustratedas being vertical. The said pipes C, of which four are here shown, passthrough the car floor and their lower ends are received in a box orcasing D. Each pipe C has a certain amount of volatile liquid, as forinstance water, contained within it, and a desirable amount is that whenthe pipe is cold the water shall approach nearly to the horizontalportion. The balance of the pipe has a substantial vacuum and this maybe produced by i11- serting the desired amount of water in the pipe andthen heating the same until it is converted to steam and has driven theair out of the balance of the pipe C when said caused to fill the pipe Cand radiate heat from the surface thereof. The vaporization of thevolatile liquid is very much assisted by the formation of a vacuumwithin the pipe, and the employment of this vacuum causes thevolatilization of liquid within a very short space of time.

I have illustrated the heater as consisting of a hydro-carbon burner Eto which liquid hydro-carbon is supplied. from tank where it may be heldunder pressure, through pipe 6' equipped with suitable valves.

The flame from the burner impinges directly against the lower part ofthe pipes G which may conveniently be arranged in staggered relation asshown in Fig. 2, and is turned back upon the pipes by deflector orbaffle plate 6 beyond the pipes. Gases of combustion may escape from thecasing D through opening (Z and from the outer box F through suitableopenings in the same.

The radiating portions 0 of the pipe C may well be arranged lengthwiseof the car under the car seat and in front of the riser as shown.Perforated shields G may cover radiators 0.

Although I have described with particularity the details of constructionof my improved heating system, I do not consider the same to be limitedto the precise structural features shown and described, but be lievethat the same is capable of being employed in other uses and with otherequivalent devices within the limits of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. A non-circulating, radiating, car-heating system,comprising a plurality of scaled pipes, one portion of each of which issituated in a lower plane than the remainder of the pipe and comprises acondensation chamber, the remainder of the pipe rising from saidcondensation chamber and extend ing in an approximately horizontaldirection through said car and forming a radiator, with a relativelysmall amount of vaporizable liquid in said condensation chamber and asubstantial vacuum in the remainder of the space in said pipe, saidcondensation chamber providing a liquid holding space having a thicknessnot greatly exceeding the thickness of the vapor space in the remainderof the pipe, a heater chamber into which the portions of the pipescontaining said condensation chamber are placed and wherein said portionof ing system, comprising a plurality of scaled pipes each having anapproximately vertical, downwardly extending portion, forming acondensation chamber and an approximately horizontal radiating portion,wlth a relatively small amount of vaporlzable liquid in saidcondensation chamber and a substantial vacuum in the remainder of thespace in said pipe, said condensation chamber providing a liquid holdingspace having a thickness not greatly exceeding the thickness of thevapor space in the remainder ofthe pipe, a heating chamber below the carfloor and situated substantially midway of the length of the car intowhich the portions of the pipes containing said condensation chamber areplaced, and having the radiating portions of the respective pipesextending both ways in'the car above said car floor, and a hydrocarbonburner adapted to direct its flange against said condensation chambersand adapted to vapor1ze the liquid therein and to maintain the radiatingpipes full of vapor, whereby owing to the reduced pressure in said pipesand the relatively small amount of liquid in said condensation chambersa quick radiation 0t heat may beattained, and a box adapted to containsaid heating chamber and burner.

3. Anon-circulating, radiating, car-heating system comprising aplurality of scaled pipes each having an approximately'vertical,downwardly extending portion, form ing a condensation chamber andanapproximately horizontal radiating portion, with a relatively smallamount of vaporizable liquid in said condensation chamber and asubstantial vacuum in the remainder of the space in said pipe, said"condensation chamber providing a liquid holding space having athickness not greatly exceeding the thick'-' ness of the vapor space inthe remainder of the pipe, a heating chamber below the car floor andsituated substantially midway of the length of the car into which theportions of the pipes containing said condensation chambers are placed,and having the radiating portions of the respective pipes extending bothways in the car, and said portions of said pipes in said heatingchamberbeing arranged in staggered relation an ydroc b n urner a neithsa d condensation'chambers working under pressureand adapted todirect its flame against said condensation chambers and a baffle platein line of said flame adapted to return same against said condensation(chambers, said burner adapted to vaporize the liquid in saidcondensation chambers and to maintain the radiating pipes full of'vapor, whereby owing to the reduced pressure in said pipes and therelatively small amount of liquid in said condensationch'ambers a quickradiation of heat may be at tained.

4. A non-circulating, radiating, car-heating system, comprising aplurality of scaled pipes each having an approximately vertical,downwardly extending portion, forming a condensation chamber and anapproximately horizontal radiating portion, with a relatively smallamount of vaporizable liquid in said condensation chamberand' asubstantial vacuum in the remainder of the space in said pipe, saidcondensation chamber providing a liquid holding'space having a thicknessnot greatly exceeding the thickness of the vapor space in the remainderof the'pipe, a heating chamber located below the car floor and situatedsubstantially midway of the length of the car into which the portions ofthe pipes containing said condensation chamber are placed, and havingthe radiating portions of the respective pipes extending both ways inthe car, and said portions of said pipes in said heating chamber beingarranged in staggered relation and a hydrocarbon burner alined with saidcondensation chambers working under pressure and adapted to direct itsflame against said condensation chambers and adapted tovaporize theliquid therein and to maintain the radiating pipes full of vapor,whereby owing to the reduced pressure 7 in said pipes and the relativelysmall amount of liquid in said condensation chambers a quick radiationof heat may be attained, a battle plate within said heating chamber atthe opposite side of said pipes from said burner and adapted to deflectthe flame toward said pipes, and an outer box inc-losing said burner andsaid heating chamber, said heating chamber-and box each having openingsfor the passage of the products of combustion.

5. A non-circulating, radiating, car-heating system, comprising aplurality of sealed pipes, one portion of each of which is situated in alower plane than the remainder of the pipe and comprises a condensationchamber, the remainder of thepipe rising from said condensation chamberand extending in an approximately horizontal direction through said carand forming a radiator, with a relatively small amount of vaporizableliquid said condensation amb a a s tan al ac m in t e remainder of thespace in said pipe, said condensation chamber providing a liquid holdingspace having a thickness not greatly exceeding the thickness of thevapor space in the remainder of the pipe, a heating chamber into whichthe portions of the pipes containing said condensing chamber areplacedand wherein said portion of said pipes are arranged in staggeredrelation and a hydrocarbon burner alined With said condensation chambersand adapted to direct its flame against them under pressure and adaptedto vaporize the liquid therein and to maintain the radiating pipes fullof vapor, and means for returning said flame against said condensationchambers, and a box inclosing said burner and heating chamber, said boxand heating chamber having openings for the products of combustion.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing Witnesses.

EDWARD E. GOLD. Witnesses HENRY M. TUnx, THOMAS F. WALLACE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G."

